The Collins Family
of Collinsport, Maine, are introduced: Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, who
hasn't left Collinwood, in 18 years; her brother, Roger Collins, who is vain,
a snob and, like his sister, hiding a huge secret; Elizabeth's daughter, Carolyn
Stoddard, who is full of 1960s teen angst; Governess Victoria Winters, a young
woman who grew up in a New York foundly home and was unexpectedly and mysteriously
offered her post as governess; and Roger's son David Collins.
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Collinwood's surly
caretaker Mathew Morgan informs Victoria Winters that he believes the ghost of
Josette Collins and other spirits inhabit the estate. In an attempt to settle
the controversy surrounding the manslaughter case that sent Burke Devlin to prison,
Collins Fishing Fleet Manager Bill Malloy sets up a private meeting for himself,
Roger Collins, Same Evans and Burke.
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Victoria Winters
assures Carolyn Stoddard that her loyalties lie with the Collins family, not with
Burke Devlin. Victoria makes a startling discovery near the ocean. David Collins
visits Burke at the Collinsport Inn and insists his father is a murderer. Burke
makes an offer to Elizabeth Collins Stoddard to buy Collinwood. Roger Collins
frantically searches to recover evidence that may incriminate him.
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When Victoria Winters
searches the Old House for David Collins, she is abducted and held captive by
Matthew Morgan, the Collinses fugitive caretaker who is hiding following the death
of family friend Bill Malloy. A massive search is held to find Victoria. An angry
and jealous Joe Haskell fights with Burke Devlin after he catches Carolyn Stoddard,
his girlfriend, with Burke in his room at the Collinsport Inn.
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Victoria Winters
and Frank Garner anxiously search for clues to Laura Collins strange origins and
are led to a series of bizarre discoveries. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard orders
Laura to leave Collinwood, but Laura secretly visits Elizabeth while she sleeps
and places her in a trance. Laura warns Victoria that she will take control of
her son, David Collins, but becomes frightened when the ghost of Josette Collins
appears to her.
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Dr. Peter Guthrie
and Joe Haskell break into Laura Murdoch Stockbridge s crypt at Eagle Hill Cemetery.
David Collins informs Victoria Winters that he wants to go away with his mother,
Laura. Guthrie arranges to conduct a seance at the Old House to contact Josette
Collins ghost. Victoria believes David's life is in jeopardy.
